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GREAT SOCIETY [21 records]

Record 1 2026-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sentencing
CONT

Denunciatory sentences convey a message of social disapprobation, with the will of society expressed through the severity of the legal punishment. The seriousness of the crime is central to denunciation; there is little need to denounce shoplifting(although there may be a need to prevent such behaviour) but great necessity to denounce the intentional taking of human life(hence the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment for murder).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peines
CONT

Les peines exemplaires représentent une «déclaration collective [...] que la conduite du contrevenant doit être punie parce qu'elle a porté atteinte au code des valeurs fondamentales de notre société», et le besoin de dénonciation est intimement lié à la gravité de l'infraction. Lorsque les conséquences de l'infraction contreviennent manifestement au «code des valeurs fondamentales» des Canadiens et des Canadiennes, et appellent une forte condamnation, notre Cour fait preuve d'une plus grande déférence à l'égard du Parlement lorsqu'il édicte une peine minimale obligatoire.

OBS

sentence exemplaire : Le mot sentence n’a pas le même sens en français et en anglais. La désignation anglaise «sentence» signifie le plus souvent peine, châtiment, punition, sanction, tandis que la sentence est une décision (comme la sentence arbitrale), un jugement, une condamnation. La peine est la sanction encourue, alors que la sentence est la décision de justice qui condamne à une peine.

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Record 2 2025-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
OBS

Midewiwin, or Grand Medicine Society, is a spiritual society found historically among the Algonquian of the Upper Great Lakes(Anishinaabe), northern prairies and eastern subarctic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Arts et culture autochtones
OBS

La Midewiwin, ou Société de la grande médecine, est une société spirituelle fondée par les Algonquins des Grands Lacs supérieurs [...], des prairies du Nord et de la zone subarctique de l'Est.

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
OBS

In 1970, the Ford Foundation initiated the Drug Abuse Survey Project to pinpoint more precisely what should be done to combat drug abuse. Its final report, Dealing with Drug Abuse..., analyzed in detail the great gaps in basic knowledge of drug actions within the body, psychological factors involved in deciding to use drugs, and the role of drugs in contemporary American society; it also made a strong appeal for more research. The report's practical outcome was the creation of the Drug Abuse Council(DAC), which funded studies on illicit drug abuse from 1971 until 1978.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Drogues et toxicomanie

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Union Organization
OBS

In the last third of the nineteenth century... the Knights of Labor emerged. At first it was a secret society which all but "lawyers, gamblers or liquor dealers and Pinkerton detectives" could join.... The Knights represented an attempt to form one great labor union to speak for all labor.

Key term(s)
  • Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labour
  • Knights of Labour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Organisation syndicale
DEF

Mouvement ouvrier américain fondé à Philadelphie en 1869, qui groupait les travailleurs en fonction de leur appartenance à une industrie plutôt qu'à un métier et qui préconisait l'abolition du salariat, l'action politique et le coopératisme.

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Funeral Services
OBS

People's Memorial Society of B. C. [British Columbia] and Vancouver Island Memorial Society offer pre-arrangement and pre-payment funeral services at a great savings to [its clients]-without compromising [their] customs, beliefs, or traditions.

Key term(s)
  • People's Memorial Society of British Columbia and Vancouver Island Memorial Society

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Pompes funèbres
OBS

B.C. : British Columbia.

Key term(s)
  • People's Memorial Society of British Columbia and Vancouver Island Memorial Society

Spanish

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Record 6 2018-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
OBS

Great Northern Ski Society went bankrupt in 2013. It was then replaced by the Friends of Mount Sima.

Key term(s)
  • Ski Society of the Great Northern

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Ski et surf des neiges
Key term(s)
  • Ski Society of the Great Northern

Spanish

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Record 7 2017-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Stamp and Postmark Collecting
OBS

The Society's roots go back to the 1930's when a small band of Scottish enthusiasts formed the Scottish Canadian Study Circle. After the Second World War in 1946 the Circle re-launched itself under [their] present name [Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain]. The aims of the Society include the promotion and study of all aspects of British North American philately. Membership is worldwide and there is, naturally, a strong representation in Canada and the USA.

OBS

The [purposes] of the Society [are]: To associate those interested in the philately of Canada, those areas thereof which were seperate British Colonies prior to Confederation in 1867 or any part or parts thereof; which said territory is hereinafter referred to as "British North America" (BNA). To encourage study inter alia by the holding of meetings, publications of papers and the arrangement of private and public displays and exhibitions. To provide facilities for the disposal of members’ surplus material. To provide a Library of philatelic literature relating to British North America for use of members. To hold an annual Convention which normally shall meet in rotation in Scotland, the North of England and Wales, and the South of England.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Philatélie et marcophilie

Spanish

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Record 8 2017-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Sociology (General)
CONT

Culture is everyone's right and belongs to us all. Our cultural heritage, from great works of the imagination to art and culture in their many shapes and forms, belongs to society as a whole. Everyone must have access to culture, to understand and share in it, so as to enrich and stimulate their own creativity. This principle inspired representatives of the culture and social economy community to found the Journées de la culture in 1996. It was a symbolic cross-Quebec initiative, with the goal of making culture more accessible to everyone and by building bridges between the public and the culture community.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
CONT

Les Journées de la culture ont été instituées pour valoriser et renforcer les efforts de démocratisation de la culture au Québec. Elles visent à transmettre aux citoyens la nécessité, l'utilité et la valeur sociale des arts et de la culture en provoquant chaque année pendant trois jours la mise sur pied de milliers d'activités qui favorisent les rencontres entre les artistes, les artisans, les travailleurs culturels et leurs concitoyens. Les activités sont conçues pour mettre en valeur les œuvres et les lieux mais de façon plus marquée les processus de création, de recherche, de diffusion ou de formation professionnelle.

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Ideologies
  • National and International Security
  • Risks and Threats (Security)
CONT

Radical thoughts have contributed to many great advancements but when radical thoughts lead to violence, society can be put at risk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des idéologies
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
  • Risques et menaces (Sécurité)
CONT

Les pensées radicales ont contribué à de grands progrès. Cependant, c'est lorsqu'elles mènent à des comportements violents qu'elles mettent la société en danger.

Spanish

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Record 10 2014-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Laws and Legal Documents
  • Financial Institutions
OBS

Loan and Investment Societies Act. Any institution or legal person or loan and investment society, duly constituted under the laws of the Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, or of the Dominion of Canada, or of the Legislature of any of the other provinces of Canada, wherein institutions of the same kind constituted as legal persons in Québec may exercise the same rights, for the purpose of lending or investing moneys, and authorized by statute, charter or constituting act to lend money in Québec, may receive a license from the Minister authorizing it to carry on business therein.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements fédéraux canadiens
  • Lois et documents juridiques
  • Institutions financières
OBS

Loi sur les sociétés de prêts et de placements. Toute personne morale, institution ou société de prêts et de placements, régulièrement constituée en vertu des lois du Parlement de la Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande, ou du Canada, ou de la Législature de l'une des autres provinces du Canada, où de semblables institutions, constituées en personne morale au Québec, peuvent exercer les mêmes droits, dans le but de prêter ou de placer de l'argent, et autorisée par statut, charte ou acte constitutif, à prêter de l'argent dans le Québec, peut obtenir un permis du ministre, à l'effet de lui permettre d'y exercer ses opérations.

Spanish

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Record 11 2014-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
DEF

Complete shell and skin of a snapping-turtle, 12-14 inches long, with head and neck stretched and held by stick splints to form a handle.

OBS

This rattle is usually beaten edgewise on a bench placed midway between the fires in the Longhouse. It is used formally in the Great Feather Dance and in the performances of the Wooden false Face Society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

[...] le chanteur principal et son assistant s'assoient d'ordinaire sur un banc et battent le rythme avec l'extrémité en bois d'un hochet en corne de vache sur le corps d'un hochet carapace de tortue. Les hochets carapace de tortue sont beaucoup plus larges et plus lourds que les hochets en corne de vache, donc il se peut qu'il n'y ait pas de hochet carapace de tortue lors des rassemblements. Dans ces cas-là, les musiciens utilisent parfois le banc lui même comme instrument.

Spanish

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Record 12 2012-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

It is often a source of great surprise to property owners in older residential areas to discover that the front porch and steps of their house, which appear to be well set back from the curb, are in fact shown by the survey to be situated on the City street... In such situations, it is possible to enter into an encroachment agreement with the municipality.("Law Society of Upper Canada, Bar Admission Course, Real Estate and Landlord and Tenant", 1991-92, p. 11-2).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

empiètement : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

convention d'empiétement : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 13 2007-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Passenger Service (Rail Transport)
CONT

The purpose of this paper is to encourage you to write(or call) your political representatives and express support for Amtrak and for a re-invigorated national passenger rail transportation system in the United States. The advantages of passenger rail transportation are too great for our society as a whole, and for each individual, for us to not advocate for the support that is needed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trafic voyageurs (Transport par rail)

Spanish

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Record 14 2005-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Genealogy
OBS

The BCGS is a non-profit organization formed in 1971. It is incorporated under the Society Act of British Columbia and is registered with Revenue Canada for the purpose of tax deductible contributions. The BCGS is also a member of the Federation of Family History Societies. Although the Society's focus is on British Columbia, there is some support for other groups in the world such as Great Britain and parts of Europe.

OBS

Title and abbreviation confirmed by the association.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Généalogie
OBS

Appellation et abréviation confirmées par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 15 2003-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Medication
OBS

Published by direction of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Médicaments

Spanish

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Record 16 2003-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Development
CONT

A village is limited in size. Population increases result in the founding of new satellite villages.

CONT

The viability of civil society in rural areas suggests a great potential for endogenous, integrated rural development. However, there are deficiencies. Beside co-operation, there are also tensions and divisions within local territories. Many of them rooted in the past. Local authorities of former centre and satellite villages often cannot get on well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement urbain
CONT

Steenwerck est un gros village. [...] Par le nombre de [ses habitants], il pourrait prétendre au titre de «petite ville». Sa superficie [...] et la faiblesse du produit de sa taxe professionnelle ne le lui permettent pas. Certaines communes de sa taille, entourées de petits villages satellites se voient attribuer le titre de «village centre» ou de «bourg centre». On y trouve alors certains attributs spécifiques : Collèges, Gendarmerie, Commerces, perception qui apportent une certaine animation. Un marché hebdomadaire s'y déroule souvent.

CONT

Plus qu'une simple coopération, les relations de la ville centre avec ses villages satellites relève bien souvent d'un véritable lien de dépendance pour les plus petites. C'est cette relation très forte qui fait que la diversité communale ne conduit pas à l'éclatement du territoire, mais le fait rentrer dans une logique de système au maillage très serré.

OBS

Pluriel : des villages(-)satellites.

Spanish

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Record 17 2002-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Management and Policy
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Anthropology
CONT

Peasants are usually seen as forming part of a structured society, within which they fall between the aristocracy or great landowners, on the one hand, and the landless, on the other... With regard to the land which they till the legal status of peasants may be that of proprietors, tenants, or crop sharers.

OBS

The peasant, conceptualized as an ideal type, is locally bound to his subsistence economy, whereas the farmer is ideally conceptualized as a producer for commercial agriculture and the larger world.

OBS

The term "peasant" has a pejorative connotation among certain national groups but is used extensively in the literature, especially by anthropologists, without any deprecatory meaning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion et politique agricole
  • Économie agricole
  • Anthropologie
DEF

Celui, celle qui vit à la campagne, qui en est originaire et qui tire ses moyens d'existence de l'agriculture et de l'élevage. Les paysans forment une classe sociale dont la composition a beaucoup varié au cours de l'histoire. On réserve en général le nom de paysan à ceux qui exploitent eux-mêmes de petites et moyennes propriétés pour leur compte ou pour celui d'autrui [...]

OBS

Paysan a eu dans le passé une nuance vaguement péjorative [...] La vigoureuse évolution politique et sociale de cette classe a fait disparaître cette nuance, mais certains des intéressés ne veulent plus être appelés des paysans mais des agriculteurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión y política agrícola
  • Economía agrícola
  • Antropología
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Record 18 2002-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

Patriarchy is the root cause of family violence and is defined as a hierarchal... organization of power.... The patriarchal, hierarchical organization of power depends on people at the top exercising power over others at the bottom.... This analysis of the organization and exercise of power in our society and in our families has a great deal of explanatory power in our consideration of family violence....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la famille
  • Sociologie des relations humaines

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de la familia
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
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Record 19 2001-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

The Internet Century. It's difficult not to think great and bold thoughts about the communications industry and its global impact on society and the economy as a millennium begins : While every industry is dependent on another, the Internet not only supports but radically transforms other industries. We are at the very beginning of a transformation toward a global Internet economy that will be both wide and deep, a transformation with far-reaching potential to increase the quality of life for all.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

En effet, nous vivons dans le siècle d'Internet qui permet à tous les ordinateurs de la planète de communiquer, à tous les programmeurs d'échanger immédiatement leurs travaux.

Spanish

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Record 20 1991-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

Colour Index Substances. The NDSL [Non-domestic Substances List] includes some CAS Registry Numbers for which the CA Index Name is the Colour Index Name as specified in the Colour Index (Third Edition).

OBS

The Colour Index is the standard reference work published jointly by the Society of Dyers and Colourists in Great Britain and the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists in the USA with the cooperation of manufacturers in many other countries. Part I of this Index classifies dyes and pigments according to usage while Part II classifies them according to chemical constitution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
CONT

Substances du Colour Index. Pour certains numéros de registre de CAS, le nom de l'index CA qui apparaît sur la LES [Liste extérieure des substances] est le nom du Colour Index tel que répertorié dans le Colour Index (troisième édition).

OBS

"Colour Index" : Ouvrage de référence à l'intention des fabricants et utilisateurs de colorants publié par la Society of Dyers and Colourists avec l'aide de l'American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists.

Spanish

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Record 21 1981-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

Capital goods consist of a great variety of things : machines of various kinds, plants and houses, tools, raw materials and goods in process(...) and canned and frozen edibles. Society can sum the market values of these physical goods to get total wealth or total capital value;(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

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